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Topic

Section 9 arbitration act 2005

Legal area

Court

6 Sept 2024

SPNB ASPIRASI SDN BHD SETIA AWAN MANAGEMENT SDN BHD

Citation

AA-22C-1-01/2024 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

AA-22C-1-01/2024 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

Clause 18 is permissive and offers an option between arbitration and litigation and lacks essential arbitration particulars; the plaintiff exercised the court option by filing writ and the defendant did not issue a notice of arbitration; accordingly the clause does not constitute a binding arbitration agreement and the application for a stay under s.10(1) is dismissed.
19 Sept 2023

1. ) KHONG YOON LOONG 2. ) AGNES LEE LAI HENG 3. ) NG CHEE SIEW 4. ) IRENE HARTANTO @ TAN HIAN LIE 5. ) CHAN YIK LONG 6. ) HO YEE KARM 7. ) LIU KWAI LIEN 8. ) KONG CHOONG HON 9. ) LIM KA TIN 10. ) JAMAL MOHAMED PADIYATH 11. ) FOONG KIM SEON

Citation

WA-22NCC-627-11/2022 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

WA-22NCC-627-11/2022 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

Applications for stay dismissed because applicants failed to prove a valid arbitration agreement existed with each of the 162 plaintiffs and many defendants are non-parties to any arbitration agreement such that s.10 AA2005 does not apply; granting stays would cause split litigation, multiplicity of proceedings and abuse of process, so court retains jurisdiction to hear the dispute.